Dr. Melanie L Brown M.D.
Pediatrician
5841 S Maryland Ave Chicago IL, 60637About
Melanie Brown, MD, specializes in pediatric critical care with particular interests in ethics, integrative medicine and palliative care. She focuses on quality of life, and pain and symptom management ...
Education and Training
Mayo Med Sch, Rochester Mn 1998
Florida International University, Miami, FL 1998
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
Provider Details
Awards
- 2012 Chicago Super Doctors
Treatments
- Alternative Medicine, Palliative Care, Intensive Care
- Birth Defects
- Leukemia
- Dermal Aesthetics
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
Professional Memberships
- Member American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics
- Member American Medical Association
- Member American Society of Bioethics in Humanities
- Member American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
- Member National Medical Association
Fellowships
- The University of Chicago Medicine (pediatric critical care and clinical medical ethics) University of Arizona (integrative medicine) Pediatric Critical Care
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